As we continue to raise funds towards our Endowed Professorships, we will support education and research grants for faculty members and provide educational materials for our residents. To date, our department has awarded 10 junior faculty grants over the past five years from the Jerris R. Hedges and John C. Moorhead Emergency Medicine Endowment Funds, which have supported innovative projects such as:

This fund, championed by our physicians, bridges the gap for those patients who might otherwise be unable to obtain necessary medications in the immediate wake of their emergency care. The ED Prescription Assistance Fund offers short-term relief to patients in need until they can receive appropriate follow-up care. Nearly $38,000 has been spent since inception in providing prescription assistance to hundreds of patients.

By enhancing elements of our core curriculum and funding resident-driven research projects, this fund cultivates a broader commitment to our mission of research, education, and patient care among our residents.

There are many projects to be done in emergency medicine research that don't have specific funding sources. This fund jumpstarts such developmental projects and in so doing, paves the way for future research.

This fund supports our global health fellowship, making possible specific international global health mission trips, as well as participation in national and international conferences on global health.